July 06, 2003
Sky Larking
So there I was, tootling into Galway city on Saturday afternoon, keeping a careful eye on the Garda hiding behind the bushes with his speedgun, when two jet fighters roared overhead in very close formation. Aha, I thought, George Bush has had enough of Michael D's outbursts against the war in Iraq - time to unleash a bit of shock and awe.
Caption:Ok Ok, this plane wasn't actually at the Galway airshow, but this pic is from the only airshow I ever went to, so it will have to do.
The truth was more mundane - the Salthill airshow was on today, and the planes were on a practice run. In an effort to reduce Galway to a giant car park, the airshow coincided with the Connacht football final, so that 150,000 people were expected to arrive in Salthill looking for the same few parking spaces
Posted by Monasette at July 6, 2003 11:20 PM | TrackBack